A Setback in the Quest for an AIDS Cure

10/24/2013 4:04PM

A study published Thursday found that the amount of potentially active HIV that lurks in infected immune-system cells may be 60-fold greater than previously thought, making the disease harder to eliminate than researchers have hoped. Ron Winslow reports on the News Hub.

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